Vasiliy Ivanovich Alekseyev (Russian: Василий Иванович Алексеев; January 7, 1942, village of Pokrovo-Shishkino, Ryazan Oblast -- November 25, 2011, Munich, Germany) was a weightlifter from the Soviet Union. He set 80 world records and 81 Soviet records in weightlifting and won gold medals at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich and the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.

Career bests

Snatch: 190.0 kg (419 lbs) in 1977-09-01 on Podolsk;Clean and press: 236.5 kg (521 lbs) official world record until 1972;Clean and jerk: 256.0 kg (564 lbs) in 1977-11-01 on Moscow;Total: 645.0 kg (clean and press + snatch + clean and jerk), in 1972-04-15, on Tallinn, official world record until 1972;Total: 445.0 kg (snatch + clean and jerk) on Podolsk.